Nan Hayworth: Congress must keep America out of Syria's civil war

5:46 AM,
Sep. 11, 2013

Nan Hayworth

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Nan Hayworth

The suffering from chemical weapons attacks in Syria is deplorable and hideous. This is unquestionable.

The question, then, is how best to help. Lives depend on getting this right - Syrian lives and the lives of those in nations - including our closest Middle East ally, Israel - that would be directly threatened by expanding conflict. And, most crucially, the lives of our American armed forces, who pay the price for our military commitments in blood.

We cannot afford to lose another American life in battle when the path to victory is not clear. ...